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The times are changing: temporal shifts in patterns of fish invasions in central European fresh waters

  1. W. Rabitsch1,*,
  2. N. Milasowszky2,
  3. S. Nehring3,
  4. C. Wiesner4,
  5. C. Wolter5,
  6. F. Essl1

Article first published online: 26 OCT 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03457.x

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Journal of Fish Biology

Journal of Fish Biology

Volume 82, Issue 1, pages 17–33, January 2013

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Rabitsch, W., Milasowszky, N., Nehring, S., Wiesner, C., Wolter, C. and Essl, F. (2013), The times are changing: temporal shifts in patterns of fish invasions in central European fresh waters. Journal of Fish Biology, 82: 17–33. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03457.x

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  1. 1

    Environment Agency Austria, Spittelauer Lände 5, 1090 Vienna, Austria

  2. 2

    Department of Integrative Zoology, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria

  3. 3

    Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Konstantinstraße 110, 53179 Bonn, Germany

  4. 4

    Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Max-Emanuel-Straße 17, 1180 Vienna, Austria

  5. 5

    Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Müggelseedamm 310, 12587 Berlin, Germany

* Tel.: +43 1 31304 3340; email: wolfgang.rabitsch@umweltbundesamt.at

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  1. Issue published online: 18 JAN 2013
  2. Article first published online: 26 OCT 2012
  3. (Received 7 November 2011, Accepted 13 August 2012)

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